It's funny how the submission process happens. Sometimes journals can have a return rate of just a few days--I've had acceptances within twenty-four hours and those are heady, I can tell you!--and sometimes you wonder what on earth is happening to your poems. Now, realistically, I know that editors have lives, they are super-busy with those lives, and the poems might have to go through a committee process, etc. But emotionally, for me, this round of submissions is taking forever! I have four packets of poems that have been out for over 100 days or so, which doesn't sound like that much time. And I hate when I get impatient.
But I did get an acceptance yesterday which made my week! I have written two poems about Maria Sibylla Merian, that entymologist I've been interested in, and those were accepted by a new journal,
Tinderbox Poetry Review, that I'm thrilled to be in. I haven't had the wherewithal to write any more about her or her gorgeous plates, but hopefully in June, all things poetry-wise will pick up.
Wish me luck this weekend!
By the Front Door
by W. S. Merwin
Rain through the morning
and in the long pool a toad singing
happiness old as water
and in the long pool a toad singing
happiness old as water
Congrats, and good luck!
ReplyDeleteThank you Kathleen!
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